‘What haunts are not the dead, but the gaps left within us by the secrets of others’ – Nicolas Abraham I was worried the early Sunday morning timeslot would deter some from experiencing the brilliance that is Phillipe Sands. But, I needn’t have worried as it seems that Sands had drawn a full house for …
Women were burned at the stake for being witches. Homosexuals didn’t get a stake. They were thrown on with the rest of the faggots. Hence the slur. I went to a single-sex Catholic school that promised to create ‘gentlemen’. Even though I was in the closet, kids called me faggot. Yes, other children laughed, and …
I’ve been saying that I want to get a gym membership since I moved out of home. At first, I kept putting it off because I was just dirt poor and couldn’t afford it. For the first two years of uni I lived near a good walking track, and within walking-distance of the university, so …
I was in early high school the first time I realised I wasn’t only attracted to guys. From a rural country area where all of the schools that weren’t considered ratty were religious, I’d been to a Catholic primary school and was attending a Christian high school when I first admitted to myself that I … Continue reading
I worked up the courage. It took just a little while, but I got there in the end. I took up a piece of scrap paper, and humbly scribed ‘Hey mum I’m bisexual’. Gave that little slip of paper to my mum in the morning as we drank our tea. Her first reaction was simply … Continue reading
This article originally published in WORDLY ‘Time’ edition (2014) and Querelle 2015. Trigger Warnings: #Homophobia #Queerphobia #Violence #Murder #HateCrimes Fred Phelps, the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, died on March 19th, 2014. He was an infamous figure; attending funerals across America simply to tell the friends and family of the deceased that their loved … Continue reading
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already passed the stage when you first realise that everything has changed: people, work, and your life. At many points, this realisation hits again and makes you wonder, ‘Did I really miss out? Did I lose something precious in my life?’ Then, there comes a playback of memories from … Continue reading
Just over two years ago, an idea was cooked up in the brain of a health-wise Deakin student. That idea has now expanded to a university club of around 150 members and growing: the Deakin Health Promotion Society. Our focus is on promoting all aspects of health to the community and connecting students to opportunities … Continue reading
On 8th March, HBO released the first trailer for season six of Game of Thrones and it has since garnered over 24 million views on YouTube. The new season is set to be released in April, and for the first time those who’ve read the books are no better informed than those who watch the … Continue reading
Welcome back to Deakin. Perhaps you’ve been here in previous years, or perhaps you only came for the first time last week. You may have found orientation a bit … disorienting. There was so much going on; people were bestowing you with free food and pens, you were being badgered to join clubs and societies … Continue reading
